Why a Palestinian teacher just won $1 million – Yahoo News

Hanan al-Hroub, from Bethlehem in the West Bank, was awarded the $1 million Global Teacher Prize Sunday in Dubai. “For an Arab, Palestinian teacher to talk to the world today and to reach the highest peak in teaching could be an example for teachers around the world,” Hroub tells The Associated Press. “The Palestinian teacher can talk to the world now.